Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is a Day 2 (music and tech). Thank you to all of the families who came out to support our Wizard of Oz performance. I am very proud of the Grade 5s who nailed their scene! Great job, kiddos! Thank to those who supported Apraxia Awareness Day as well. Your kindness is appreciated! If you would like a chance to win another prize, you can bring in another $2 tomorrow and play again! No school on Friday or Monday for Victoria Day weekend!

They did so good!!

Whack-A-Mole Apraxia Awareness Day game!

Aftercare payments are due today April 15^th. Please pay by this date to avoid interest being charged to your account!!

Important dates/items:

Friday, May 17-Monday, May 20 – No School – Victoria Day Weekend

Thursday, May 23 – SJA Track and Field Meet

Monday, May 27 – Inner-School Spelling Bee 

Wednesday, May 29 – Casual Day

Friday, May 31 –SJA vs TMA Track and Field Competition

Friday, June 14 – Last Day of School and Promotion Ceremony

Unit of Inquiry

Today we got back to our coding unit. Today we discussed how technology has changed over the years and how to be safe when using the Internet.

The videos we watched today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DENG7Q7VRgo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CMS9xnBRkc

HOMEWORK

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Oh, how technology has changed!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we completed a review for our Transformational Geometry Unit. We also took it up and cleared up any questions the Grade 5s had. Math test is tomorrow!

Points to remember:

Transformations

Don’t forget to include brackets around your coordinates (3, 5), the comma between the x and y coordinates (3, 4), and the apostrophe for the prime coordinates A’. Be sure to correctly plot your coordinates and lastly, ensure the image is the correct number of spaces away from the axis as the figure is when doing certain transformations.

Axis – the horizontal axis is represented by X and is the first number in the coordinates (3, 5) and the vertical axis is represented by the Y and is the second number in the coordinates (3, 5).

Translations – slide. After a translation, a figure and its image are congruent (same shape and same size) and they face the same way. We say 'A prime' and write A’ when referring to the points on the new image.

Reflections- flip. After reflections, a figure and its image are congruent and can face opposite ways. Remember any point and its reflection image are the same distance form the mirror line. Remember to label each new image and use prime (') on the new points.

Rotations - turns. After a rotation, a figure and its image are congruent and may face different ways. If a figure turns 360 degrees (a full turn), we will not use the prime (‘) symbol as with the full turn it is back to the original figure.

For any transformation, we have our original coordinates (x, y). For a 90 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-y, x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 90 degree counter clockwise turn is (-5, 3). For an 180 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-x, -y). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 180 degree counter clockwise turn is (-3, -5). For a 270 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (y, -x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 270 degree counter clockwise turn is (5, -3).

For any transformation, we have our original coordinates (x, y). For a 90 counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (y, -x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 90 degree clockwise turn is (5, -3). For an 180 degree clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-x, -y) – the same as an 180 degree counter clockwise turn. For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 180 degree clockwise turn is (-3, -5). For a 270 degree clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-y, x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 270 degree clockwise turn is (-5, 3).

90 degrees is a ¼ turn, 180 degrees is a ½ turn and 270 degrees is a ¾ turn. Clockwise follows a clock (12, 1, 2, 3, etc.) and counter clockwise goes backwards (12, 11, 10, 9, etc.).

Congruent figures are the same shape and size. They have the same angles and the same side lengths. Similar figures have corresponding angels equal and the side lengths of one figure multiplied by the same number are equal to the corresponding side lengths of the other figure.

Line symmetry divides a figure into congruent parts. Reflections can be sued to draw figures with one or more lines of symmetry.

Rotational symmetry  - a figure that coincides with itself more than once when rotated to a full turn or less has rotational symmetry. Some figures that have rotational symmetry are a + sign, a rectangle, a star, and an octagon. An example of a figure that has no rotational symmetry is a heart.

HOMEWORK

-Math test on Thursday, May 16th

Inquiry into Language

Today we continued working on our Hatchet summative. Students will need to complete their rough copy and have two peer edits by Thursday. Good copy articles are due on Tuesday!

HOMEWORK

-Hatchet due Tuesday

-Spelling test on tomorrow

Hatchet work!

Peer editing!

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar